Moses said to the people in his final charge "I put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life...Be strong and resolute..for the Lord will not forsake you" Deut. 30 and 31. Former US National Debate Champion and Ordained Rabbi tackles issues of Public Policy, Israel, Islamic Terrorism, Antisemitism, Jewish Wisdom and the Chicago Bears

Everyday Democratic leaders show, over and over, why they are unfit to lead, and just obstruct making America great Again. They have no valuable ideas and no interest in helping fix the mess Obama left..on SCOTUS1. Republicans did not filibuster the extreme leftists, Sotomayer and Kagen when they were appointed to SCOTUS. 2. Democrats Biden and Schumer were the ones who insisted to SCOTUS appointments not be made at the end of a presidency, but then hypocritically claimed Obama's end of term nominee was unfairly denied hearings.3. Trump nominates a man to the SCOTUS, voted to the Appellate Court by unanimous vote of the Senate, now say ridiculous things about Gorsuch, just for partisan reasons and plan to filibuster.4. Thank God retired Democratic Majority leader Harry Reid stupidly made it possible for Republicans now to break the filibuster and change the rules to vote Gorsuch in by majority..

When does the GRAND JURY get convened? When do they all get called for Congress to testify? When do all these Democrats go to jail? Hannity is all over it. Wasn't Watergate all about illegal stealing info from Democrats?

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

A wedding and 2 funerals. At a meeting with prospective wedding couple the groom asked me what i had learned after 35 years of officiating at funerals.I told him I learn from every funeral.

Today. 2 funerals. 2 lessons.

Funeral 1 . 90 year old lady. Pretty typical. 65 year old son was inconsolable. Atypical. He said to me, "I only had her 65 years and it was not enough." How do you engender that kind of love?

Funeral 2. 23 year old. 35 years of funerals and (thank God) only a handful of those. Main thing that comforted the mother was disabusing her of idea her friends were telling her, that Judaism does not believe in eternal life. I told her we absolutely do. Maimonides principle of faith #13. Why did we fail to teach our fundamental beliefs?

NIKKI HALEY ROCKS AIPAC

AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference opened Sunday in Washington, D.C. and concludes today. The conference home page is here. AIPAC has posted videos here. The posted videos include speeches by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Vice President Pence, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy as well as leading Democrats. AIPAC promotes American support of Israel on a bipartisan basis.

Yesterday United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley appeared for a 14-minute interview by Dan Señor. Attending the event, Times of Israel editor David Horovitz declares Ambassador Haley the undisputed star of the conference (“and who knows what to follow”). David’s admiring commentary on Haley’s remarks quotes the highlights. Times of Israel staffers Eric Cortellessa and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil report on Haley’s remarks here. AIPAC has posted the video of her appearance at last night’s general session along with a link to the transcript here. I have embedded the video below.

Quotable quote: “The days of Israel bashing are over.”

Obama administration foreign policy hurt friends and rewarded enemies of the United States. Israel presented a powerful — perhaps the most powerful — case in point. Power Line readers don’t need a reminder, but I would like to note that Michael Oren’s memoir Ally provides a crash course on the subject and persuasive testimony supporting the point.

Ambassador Haley’s immediate predecessor at the United Nations was Samantha Power; Power embodied the administration’s animus toward Israel. The appointment of Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations vindicates the election of Donald Trump.

QUESTIONS:1. LA, NY and Chgo mayors vow to DEFY the LAW and protect ILLEGAL aliens. Ask: why are Dems so determined to endanger us by shielding violent felons who are here illegally? https://townhall.com/…/illegal-immigrant-crime-the-real-sto…and why can't these mayors be ARRESTED for obstructing justice? They vow to obstruct ICE from doing their jobs.2. Why is FBI agent inc charge of Russian investigation allowed to do so when his wife received $500,000 campaign contribution from Democrats? http://nypost.com/…/clinton-ally-gave-500k-to-wife-of-fbi-…/Why is FBI not investigating obvious Russianl/Clinton collusion which led to Hillary approving transfer of 20% of our uranium to Putin which then went to Iran, after Bull got huge $ for speeches from them?

Monday, March 27, 2017

God who distinguished between light and darkness ( a prayer from the Havdalah service Saturday nights.)Darkness-Obama's attitude towards israelLight-Trump's administration.Article from Powerline blog." lost in the avalanche of big news, the Trump administration has taken a vehement pro-Israel position at the United Nations. The Washington Post reports:The Trump administration is strongly condemning what it calls a systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, arguing Friday that U.N. monitoring of West Bank settlement activity allowed by the Obama administration is the latest example.Michele Sison, the No. 2 U.S. diplomat at the United Nations, spoke against what the United States says is the unfair singling out of Israel during a closed session of the U.N. Security Council on Friday. There and elsewhere, the Trump administration is arguing that the United Nations has allowed valuable time and attention to be hijacked for bashing Israel.The Obama administration featured prominently in the Israel bashing. On its way out the door, it promoted a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements — a position the U.S. had always prevented the Security Council from adopting.The resolution cannot be undone, but the Trump administration can still lash out against the U.N.’s treatment of Israel. In fact:U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley and other U.S. officials are taking every opportunity to point out what they say is institutional mistreatment of Israel at the United Nations and its member bodies, and the United States is expected to use its presidency of the U.N. Security Council next month as a megaphone.In addition, the Trump administration is using its voting power to stand up for Israel:Earlier Friday, the United States voted against five resolutions it calls anti-Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Trump administration lobbied allies to also vote no. No major U.S. ally did so, but Britain issued a warning that it would follow the United States’ suit if the U.N. body continues to single out Israel for opprobrium.“Today we are putting the Human Rights Council on notice,” British Ambassador Julian Braithwaite said. “If things do not change, in the future we will adopt a policy of voting against all resolutions concerning Israel’s conduct in the occupied Syrian and Palestinian territories.It sounds like Great Britain is trying to play on both teams.The “Human Rights Council,” a bad joke, approved all five anti-Israel resolutions, of course. Ambassador Haley has said that the U.S. will boycott discussions related to these “outrageous, one-sided, anti-Israel resolutions.”Our backing of Israel at the U.N. doesn’t mean the Trump administration has no concerns about Israeli settlement activity. As the Post reports:The new Trump White House has sent mixed signals on settlements. Trump publicly endorsed a hiatus on settlement building during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington last month, but the White House has also said it does not necessarily see the issue as a hindrance to peace.Obviously, a U.S. administration can try to persuade Israel to limit settlement activity while still sticking up for Israel at the U.N. Indeed, one can argue that the U.S. is likely to be more persuasive if it defends Israel against the jackals."

First they said terrorism by Muslims has nothing to do with Islam. When that became increasingly laughable, then they said it was all about "lone wolves". That is laughable too, as more and more will see. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/secret-text-message-ordered-lone-10099980

Secret text message ordered the 'lone wolf' to carry out London terror attack

A Sunday Mirror probe has uncovered chilling messages in which jihadi masterminds urged terrorists to mount atrocities in the UK

Thursday, March 23, 2017

1. Testified yesterday before congress there was no evidence of Obama wiretapping Trump and the SAME DAY House committee discloses the evidence. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/potential-smoking-gun-showing-obama-administration-spied-on-trump-team-source-says.html

2. Comey says FBI cannot comment on ongoing investigations but then says they are investigating Trump team and russian connection.

Obama could not open his mouth without LYING, and media ignored it. Trump tells truth, media calls it a lie, and then Trump proven right. Still narrative out there that Trump lies. it is the MEDIA that lies. Fact Checker

Remember Gorsush was approved unanimously by Senate when confirmed to Federal bench.

It was obama who said "elections have consequences"

Washington Times

"Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday that Democrats will attempt to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination, saying he would tilt the Supreme Court too far away from what Democrats want to see. “After careful deliberation I have concluded that I cannot support Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court,” Mr. Schumer said, announcing his filibuster on the Senate floor. The speech amounted to a challenge to Republicans, who may now have to decide whether to trigger the “nuclear option” and change the chamber’s rules to curtail the power of the filibuster.

Mr. Schumer, who four years ago himself voted to trigger the nuclear option on all other nominees, told Republicans not to follow his lead. Just last year, when Democrats thought they’d win the White House and the Senate, their outgoing floor leader Sen. Harry Reid said they themselves would trigger the nuclear option to get Hillary Clinton’s nominee through.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Democrats are DETERMINED to ENDANGERE US: 1. let in as many as shariah and jihad loving Muslims as they can from countries that average 74% Antisemitism. 2. Fight deportation of violent illegal alien felons. Another day. another Muslim terror attack. Right out of ISIS
playbook. Isis vowwd to send mass
murderers to Europe and USA. Yet Democrats resist sensible protections. WHY ARE
DEMOCRATS DETERMINED TO ENDANGER US?

LOOK at what "refugees' have done to destroy Europe. Why
are Democrats and leftist judges obstructing efforts by President Trump to keep
us safe when the Constitution clearly gives the president that responsibility?
Why did they not make a peep when Democratic presidents did the exact same
thing? Why do they push for bringing in people who we cannot vet properly,
exactly like those destroying Europe now? This is not an issue of letting in
poor refugees. It is about keeping us safe. Would you eat M&Ms from a bag,
knowing some had cyanide but you couldn’t identify which?

Monday, March 20, 2017

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which will give a platform to Rasmea Yousef Odeh, convicted killer of two Israeli students, at their conference March 31-April 2 at the Hyatt McCormick, Chicago, has blocked a request to the Hyatt Hotel to hold a service for her victims.

StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, asked the Hyatt McCormick to rent a small space for a multi-faith memorial service for Odeh’s victims. The hotel said that they must get permission from JVP for such a memorial and that permission was denied. Hyatt Event Sales Manager Audrey Quevillon responded to the memorial request, “ I am very sorry but I just received notice from Jewish Voice for Peace, that your request for space has been denied.”

In 1969, Odeh was involved in the bombing of a supermarket in Israel that killed two college students, Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner, and wounded nine other shoppers. The young men had been shopping for groceries for a botanical field trip when they were "blown to unrecognizable bits." A day after her arrest, she confessed in a detailed account. Her relative later stated in an interview that, “Rasmeah Odeh was more involved than I was [in the grocery store bombing]... I only got involved during the preparation of explosives.” Odeh also admitted her involvement in a bombing at the British Consulate in Tel Aviv, which took place four days after the supermarket attack.

Her trial was attended by an observer from the Red Cross, who certified it to be fair. Odeh was found guilty in both cases as well as for her involvement with a designated terrorist organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Although she was sentenced to life in prison, she was freed after 10 years in a large-scale prisoner swap for an Israeli soldier captured in Lebanon.

Peggy Shapiro, Midwest Director of StandWithUs, expressed outrage. "Not only is JVP honoring a convicted terrorist at their conference, they have denied a request to hold a memorial service for her victims - Edward Joffe and Leon Kaner. These two young Jews no longer have voices because they died in an attack perpetrated by Rasmea Odeh, and it seems JVP is committed to silencing them even further by refusing to allow us to hold this service in their memory. There is nothing Jewish or peaceful about this disgraceful decision."

Saturday, March 18, 2017

We have a $20 TRILLION $ debt, half thanks to the incompetent/evil
Obama 8 years (You pick).

Couple massive spending (except on military) + WORST EVER
pathetic economic growth over 8 years (never once reaching even 3%) and we have
landed here: an untenable situation which will bankrupt our children and
destroy all our safety nets. It is getting increasingly more difficult to even
pay the INTEREST on the debt.

Trump has trimmed the debt growth in his first month and
asks for modest cuts, to try and have the government back to do only what it
MUST, like rebuild the military gutted by Obama. Sure enough like clockwork,
every trim he proposes for NON-ESSENTIAL programs, the democrats cry “will kill
granny.”

Liberals cry Trump is killing “Big Bird”.

Tell me why hard-working, middle income Americans, where the
vast majority of taxes come from, should continue to pay GENORMOUS salaries to
non-profit officials for these programs you claim are so essential. If they are
essential, then have your wealthy Hollywood folks and the limousine liberals in
Manhattan ante up.

Last
year, Sesame Workshop had $121.6 million in revenues. Of that, $49.6 million came in
distribution fees and royalties and $36.6 million in licensing of toys, games,
clothing, food and such. In 2014, only 4% of its revenue came from government
grants.

Despite
being a taxpayer-supported nonprofit, however, Sesame Workshop pays its top
executives fabulously well.

According
to tax filings — the most recent of which covers 2014 — then-president
and CEO Melvin Ming was paid more than $586,000 in salary and benefits in the
nine months before retiring, which included a $37,500 bonus and $18,700 in
benefits. The year before that, Ming cleared $672,391 in salary, bonuses and
benefits.

That’s five times the
average pay for CEOs at nonprofits, according to Charity Navigator. The average
compensation for the other 10 top officials at Sesame Workshop in 2014 was a
very handsome $382,135 — which is about six times the median household income
in the U.S.

Like all
the other subsidies that flow out of Washington, the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting is just another fillip to rich people. Trump should not only kill
it off completely, butabolish the Hollywood tax breakswhile he’s at it. That should get Big
Bird hopping.”

Friday, March 17, 2017

So still think Obama is not running shadow government. Evil Obama goes to Hawaii judge shopping for judge to make the ridiculous ruling against the travel ban. Used his fellow Harvard law school buddy whom Obama appointed, to commit this crime. Won't last long. Another Harvard Law school classmate, Neil Gorsuch, when finally seated on SCOTUS, will reestablish the rule of law.

more details: Obama's radical left judges endanger us all.Again they IGNORE the Constitution and Obama's and other president's own precedent in blocking certain nations immigrants. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that courts cannot look behind the "bona fide" reasons for an executive order on immigration to find constitutional violations lurking in the background.Here is the Immigration and Nationality Act, which gives the president authority to suspend the entry of any and all aliens deemed “detrimental” to U.S. interests.

“Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate,” the 1952 law states.

Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate immigration. In 1952, Congress passed a law empowering the president to deny entry into the U.S. to “any class of aliens” considered to be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” In other words, a threat to America and in the interests of national security.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that Congress and the president have “plenary power” to regulate immigration. For more than a century, the high court has consistently upheld such authority and rejected constitutional challenges to presidential action banning entire groups of foreigners. Even the 9th Circuit has endorsed this legal principle. Past presidents, including Carter and Obama, have issued orders similar to Trump’s.

It is true that a subsequent 1965 immigration law prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, nationality, place of birth or place of residence. But that law says nothing about religion. And, more importantly, it applies only to the issuance of visas. The president’s authority to deny entry to a large class of aliens is a broader power which supersedes individual visa considerations.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Turn on TV or browse your newsfeeds on social media, and you will be bombarded with polemics about the sky falling and credible threats of violence against conservative figures.

The FBI investigated a threat to kill Milo Yiannoupolis for the audacity to want to speak on a college campus. Threats against former Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder’s wife caused him to withdraw himself from consideration. Multiple intimidatory remarks haunted members of the Trump-voting Electoral College. President Trump has been the target of declarations of violence on a near daily basis.

And yet, when it comes to this constant flow of threats, there seems to be little outrage from the nation’s leading journalists and pundits.

Snoop Dogg has done his best to get back on people’s radars since 1998 with his new music video in which he assassinates a clown dressed as Trump. Even if it was just a stunt by the 45-year-old rapper to stay relevant, it was still completely crass and unacceptable.

The media has largely glossed over these serious threats with a shrug. A simple Google search on Snoop Dogg’s assassination video, for example, yields virtually no mainstream editorials expressing disgust. It’s almost as if there’s an overarching belief among the media that Trump brought this upon himself.

All of these actions underline what’s been obvious for a while now: The calls by President Obama for “civility” after the 2011 shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were never genuine. The left only uses such efforts as a cudgel to silence their political foes, then turns around to call them Hitler when needed.

The selective outrage is deafening. Obama was certainly the target of vicious remarks, but the calls for outright violence from the left have received nowhere near the same attention in the press as conservatives received during the Obama years.

Every time a threatening, disrespectful, or unflattering comment was made about the former president, a national shaming storm sprung up. A staffer for an obscure congressman was forced to resign after stating that Obama’s daughters don’t show enough "class." Ex-congressman Joe Walsh was slammed in nearly every major outlet after he tweeted, “This is now war. Watch out Obama,” after five cops were fatally shot in Dallas. Even Tea Partiers were regularly called neo-Confederates.

Selective outrage gets tiring, even in the Trump years.

Both sides of the political spectrum seem to understand the concept of “outrage fatigue.” An Huffington Post op-ed asked its readers if they suffered from protest fatigue — the author wrote, "Daily I am poised to do something to ride the emotional tsunami." Fortunately for those of us constantly seeing crises on Facebook, we already have a term for such an ailment: The boy who cried wolf. Heck, the Onion was on this over a decade ago.

Political tensions are reaching a boiling point and the mainstream media, pundits, and “analysts” do nothing but fan the flames. The American people are quick to pick up on coverage patterns. Many are still making up their own minds about President Trump but understand that he is doing his best. They know (and maybe support) that the Democrats are the opposition party. They don’t want the media to be another.

These are serious times requiring serious attention – not just adoring coverage of Pussy Hat protesters. At the end of the day it’s going to be the members of the traditional press gaggle left pointing fingers.

Kristin Tate is a conservative columnist and author of the book "Government Gone Wild: How D.C. Politicians Are Taking You For a Ride And What You Can Do About It." She was recently named one of NewsMax's "30 Most Influential Republicans Under 30."